using RS232 port to send data to a spartan 3 board

[fpgawizz]

Anyone with experience using the RS232 port on the spartan 3 development
board? Any pointers and information to use the port would be appreciated.
The manual does not help me here..Too little information. I am trying to
send a chunk of data via RS 232 to the SRAM on the board and read back the
contents from the SRAM via the FPGA and test them against what i expect.
word of advice anybody??
thanks in advance

 

[dutchgoldtony]

I know xilinx have a UART that is freely downloadable from their
website. Also, have a look at this
http://www.ee.nuigalway.ie/subjects/ee427/coursePracticalWorkFiles/coursePracticalsDemos/EE427MajAsgn1Phase1.zip.
This has a UART, data transfer control and a memory controller
implemented on it. This should have everything you need. If not,
gimme a shout
Tony

 

[fpgawizz]

Tony
That webpage says "Forbidden access" when i try to go there. Can you
double check please or email me the zip file.

 

[dutchgoldtony]

Did you have any luck with that?

 

[fpgawizz]

No. It still says forbidden.

 

[dutchgoldtony]

Give me an email and I'll send you the file. Sorry, somebody emailed
me asking me for the file but I guess it wasn't you.
My email address is dutchgoldtony-at-gmail-dot-com.